Redshirting can affect children in many different ways. In Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success, he discusses the idea of holding children back so they can develop before they enter the school system. Redshirting is the act of holding someone back so their mind and body can develop. Redshirting has become controversial, as it is right to do it. Redshirting should be allowed in the American education system because it can give an advantage for college and cognitive and social growth. Redshirting benefits children because it allows time for children to grow rationally and socially. In “The Redshirting Debate” Grace Chen, a respected writer and educator, said “Allowing a child to have an additional year of cognitive development may
